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Jenny. Canada/Scotland. Slytherin. INTJ.
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nellcrain

Female Awesome Meme ❀ [1/10] Comedy Ladies — Eleanor Shellstrop “I was a medium person. I should get to spend eternity in a medium place. Like Cincinnati. Everybody who wasn’t perfect but wasn’t terrible should get to spend eternity in Cincinnati.”

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I know we’re all terrified by America right now, but you need to know what is happening in Britain, there’s so much shit going on, but here’s some of the highlights:

The UN have condemned the British government for “grave” failures regarding disabled people’s rights. [x]

There are over half a million people using food banks, because they cannot afford to eat. [x]

The benefits system is declaring people fit to work, ignoring the opinions of their doctors, and refusing them money unless they spend 35 hours a week actively looking for work. These include people with severe disabilities, mental health issues, and people who are literally dying. In fact, around eighty people a month die within six weeks of being declared fit to work by this system. [x]

16.7% of the population is living in poverty, with a further 30% at serious risk of slipping into poverty [x]

Children are suffering from such severe malnutrition they’re having to be treated for rickets. [x]

It’s currently estimated that 1 in 200 people in the UK are homeless. [x]

This is just a tiny snapshot, and I won’t even go into the NHS crisis, because that deserves it’s own massive post.

We’re now deporting people who’ve lived and worked here for decades. We invited a load of commonwealth citizens over, starting in 1948, with the arrival of HMS Windrush, and they became known as the Windrush Generation, but though they were given indefinite leave to remain we didn’t give out any damned paperwork until after 1971 so we’re kicking them out now that they’re old and not paying taxes, despite the fact that most of them came over as children, and that they made lives here, and worked to support this goddamned racist backwater of a country for decades. [x]

Alot of those first statistics are old now too. Over 10,000 people are thought to have died directly due to disability cuts. I think the number of people in poverty is closer to 25% and I think it’s closer to a million people using food banks. I’m on my mobile right now so won’t list sources, but remind me in a couple of hours and I will.

Theresa May and her fucking tory cronies are a disgrace.

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kipplekipple

Don’t be fooled by the things the police said about the belongings being taken. They always have a line.

So people have nowhere to sleep in Windsor, disabled people are still dying, a generation of folks who were asked to come to the UK are being deported, and we’re spending millions upon millions paying for a wedding.

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kate’s meme of awesome females: 1/30 leading female characters 

lucy preston timeless 
“you’re not like the other women and that makes people uncomfortable. so they mock you and tell you your stupid, but you refuse to change. that makes people mad, so they attack you, call you evil. i know that none of that is true. so you talk to birds, so you like dolls, so you refuse to confess to something that your not. that’s brave.”
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bye1997

since it’s Audrey Hepburn’s birthday here are some cool facts about what a badass women she was 

(1) during world war two Audrey worked for the resistance and did what she could to fight against the nazi in holland even though her parents were supporters of the nazi party going against her parents anti Semitic and racist beliefs she fought for justice 

(2) after her retirement from acting she became a UNICEF Ambassador Audrey lived in occupied holland during world war two so she knew what it was like to grow up hungry so in her later years she worked tirelessly to make sure children in warn torn countries had the aid they needed

(3) ” I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II, I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.” Audrey Hepburn was so much more then just a style icon and an actress.

(4) “There’s a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.” Audrey Hepburn my love you are deeply missed

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